Do time-of-use prices deliver energy savings at the right time?
利用智能恒温器家庭数据，发现分时电价大幅降低高峰时段空调用电，节能集中在最热、需求最高的日子，此时节能效益最大。
Time-of-use (TOU) electricity prices are increasingly being adopted to reduce consumption during the higher marginal cost afternoon hours. There is ample evidence that TOU rates reduce average consumption during the peak price hours of the day, but it is unknown how these energy savings are distributed across days. Using a unique dataset from households with smart thermostats, we find that adopting TOU rates causes large decreases in peak period AC usage, resulting in energy savings that are concentrated on the hottest, highest demand days when the benefits of conservation are the greatest.